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Stuff You Should Know

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Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.679.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Empathy can often be confused with sympathy and regular old compassion. But it's not exactly either one of those. Some say a lack of empathy can indicate sociopathic tendencies, but that's not always true either. So what is empathy and what makes someone prone to empathize? Listen in to this classic episode to find out.

Transcript

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0:00.0

There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.

0:05.7

That's why we launched The Big Take.

0:08.3

It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit

0:14.0

to give you some space to think.

0:16.4

I'm Wes Kosova.

0:17.7

Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.

0:23.6

Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.

0:31.2

Good afternoon. Good morning. Good evening. Good Saturday to you.

0:35.2

Chuck Bryant here.

0:36.7

Podcaster, co-host, stuff you should know.

0:39.7

To introduce the Saturday's Lex episode, my pick this week everybody is empathy.

0:45.4

We all need a little empathy in our lives and I remember this being a pretty good episode.

0:49.8

So this is from April 6, 2017. Listen close and take heed how empathy works.

1:00.4

Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio.

1:03.9

Hey and welcome to The Podcast.

1:12.4

I'm Josh Clark.

1:14.2

First Charles W. Chuck, Lena My Shoulder Bryant and Jerry, how about a hug, Roland?

1:22.8

No, actually I'm sorry Jerry's here in spirit.

1:26.0

Our guest producer today is Noel.

1:28.3

That's right.

1:29.3

Noel, my beard heals all brown.

1:32.4

Yes.

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